Documented prelude-override-package-user-dir

bbatsov · Aug 12, 2023 · fb958a0 · fb958a0
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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 * Add a F# module.
 * Auto-install `use-package`.
 * Add `prelude-vertico` module. Vertico a simpler alternative to `ivy-mode` and supersedes Selectrum.
+* Add `prelude-override-package-user-dir` to avoid overriding package-user-dir.
 
 ### Changes
 

diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -180,3 +180,12 @@ desktop environments might be making heavy use of such keybindings. (in most cas
 Some of these settings (those that don't need to be pre-loaded) can also be set
 on a per-file or directory basis by using a file local variable or a
 `.dir-locals.el` file.
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+### package-user-dir
+
+By default, prelude sets the directory where downloaded modules are installed to `<prelude-dir>/elpa`. If you want
+to disable this behaviour, set the following variable to nil before loading prelude.
+
+```emacs-lisp
+(setq prelude-override-package-user-dir nil)
+```